Safety-stirrup



(No Model.)

A. R. PARKISON.

SAFETY STIRRUP.

.No. 352.259. v Patented Nov. 9, .1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLEN R. PARKISON, OF MONONGAHELA CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

SAFETY-STlRRU P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,259, dated November9, 1886.

Application filed August- 31, 1886. Serial No. 212,334.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, ALLEN 'R. PARKISON, ofMonongahela City, in the county of WVashington and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Safety-Stirrup,of whichthefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to the construction of a safety-stirrup wherein theparts are, so arranged that should the rider be thrown from the horsehis foot will be released from the stirrup, while the pressure of thefoot upon. the side of the stirrup will cause the CllS('Ol1- nection ot'the stirrup from the stirrup strap or leather.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a side View of my improved form of stirrup, representing thesame as detached from the stirrup strap or leather; and Fig. 2 is asectional view taken on line as w of Fig. 1, the strap, however, beingshown in position and not in section.

The stirrup illustrated in the drawings consists of a tread, 10, that ismade integral with the side bow,11,said bow being continued outward overand downward to constitute the head 12. To the opposite end of the treadthere is hinged a movable how, 13, the upper end of which carries a pin,14, which passes through an extension, 15, formed upon the arm 2 of thehead 12.

Within the head of the stirrup there is loosely mounted a shaft, 16,which carries a rack, 17, said rack being rectangular, as illustrated,and its upper parallel arm is provided with pins or hooks 3. A slot, 4.,is formed in the head of the stirrup, this slot being shown in Fig. 2,while its position is indicated in Fig. 1. The stirrup strap or leather20 is passed through the slot 4 and carried downward beneath the lowerlength of the rack 17, then upward and into engagement with the (Nomodel.)

hooks or pins 3 of the upper link of said rack. After the leather hasbeen secured, as described, the rack is moved to a position so that thepin 14 will enter an aperture,5,f0rnied near the lower end of that sidelength of the rack that is adjacent to the open side of the stirrup.

From the construction described it will be seen that the strap 20 may bepermanently secured to the saddle, the length of the strapbeingregulated at the stirrup instead of at the saddle, as hasheretofore been done.

This stirrup constitutes a safety-stirrup in every respect, for should arider be thrown the pressure of his foot will move the side arm,13,tothe position in which it is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and thismoving of the side arm will release the rack 17, so that it will be freeto rotate should the stirrup be subjected to any pull; and when the rackro tates, the strap or leather 20 will be disconnected therefrom, andconsequently the stirrup will be disconnected from the said strap orleather.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and,desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combinatiomin a stirrup, of the rack mounted within the head ofthe stirrup, for the attachment of a strap, pins or hooks carried by therack, anda locking attachment from one of the side bows, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination, with the stirrup, of a hinged section, 13, providedwith the pin 14, a rack,17, mounted upon a shaft, 16, and arrangedwithin the head of the stirrup, and pins 8, carried by the rack, whichrack is arranged to be engaged by the pin 14 of the section 13,substantially as described.

ALLEN R. PARKISON.

Witnesses:

F. K. ALEXANDER, W. O. HODILL.

